Biography
Tina Lifford emerged as an actress in 1994 as series lead in the critically acclaimed FOX comedy-drama South Central. In a career of more than twenty-five years, notable credits include Grand Canyon (1991), Mandela and De Klerk (1997), Blood Work (2002), Hostage (2005), Parenthood (2011-2015) and Scandal (2015). Her humanitarian work focuses on the importance of inner fitness.
Known For
Complete Filmography

We Strangers
2024
as Willie Martin
Rayelle Martin works as a commercial cleaner in Gary, Indiana. She's mischievous, playful, and skilled at adapting to her surroundings. One day while ...

Heaven Down Here
2023
as Clara
Inspired by Mickey Guyton’s song of the same name, “Heaven Down Here” tells the story of four disparate people who find themselves stranded in a local...

A Holiday in Harlem
2021
as Mama Belle
Business executive Jazmin Carter is known for two things: turning fledgling businesses into profit producers and avoiding Christmas in Harlem, the nei...

Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2
2019
as Mrs. Henley
As Darcy and Aiden prepare to celebrate their second Christmas together, an unexpected guest and a fight to save the beloved community center unites e...

A Gift to Remember
2017
as Mrs. Henley / Landlord
After colliding with a pedestrian on her bicycle who loses his memory following the accident, Darcy Archer becomes determined to help the handsome guy...

Worry Dolls
2016
as Della DeGracie
A brutal serial killer is finally gunned down in the middle of carrying out one last heinous act of bloody murder. In the maniac’s possession, a box o...

Mystery Woman: Redemption
2006
as Bonnie
Samantha Kinsey is the owner of the Mystery Woman bookstore and an expert in criminology. This time she will have to solve the murder of a war veteran...

Catch and Release
2006
as Eve
For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends.

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
2005
as Grace Taylor
On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences.

Hostage
2005
as Laura Shoemaker
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the stan...

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
2005
as Bonnie
Murder is something to sing about when Mystery Woman Samantha Kinsey-an expert in pulp fiction, and increasingly proficient when it comes to real-life...

Blood Work
2002
as Detective Jaye Winston
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a seri...

Joe Somebody
2001
as Cassandra Taylor
When underappreciated video specialist Joe Scheffer is brutally humiliated by office bully Mark McKinney in front of his daughter, Joe begins a quest ...

Panic
2000
as Dr. Leavitt
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and hi...

Pay It Forward
2000
as Principal
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the worl...

The 70s
2000
as Aunt Olavee
Four friends, fresh from tragedy at Kent Sate, graduate from college and begin their adult lives during the turbulent 1970s. But Dexter, Eileen, Byron...

The Loretta Claiborne Story
2000
as Rita Claiborne
A disabled young girl from a disadvantaged home setting develops self esteem and success in life through Special Olympics competition. Based on the tr...

Letters from a Killer
1998
as Elizabeth
A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his se...

Cloned
1997
as Claire Barnes
In the year 2008, a married couple is distraught over losing their 8 year old son in a boating accident. However, when the mother suddenly sees anothe...

Gun
1997
as Sally
Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

Mandela and de Klerk
1997
as Winnie Mandela
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27...
After Jimmy
1996
as Susan Johnson
This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Ji...
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
1996
as Jackie Joyner-Kersee
The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprin...

America's Dream
1996
as Sarah (segment "Long Black Song")
Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each o...

Divas
1995
as Geraldine
This pilot for a prospective series is an ensemble drama chronicling the ups and downs of a young, all-female, black singing group from Seattle.

Babe
1995
as Sheep (voice)
Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster an...

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994
as Jean
A criminal gang commits a string of violent robberies and murders, culminating in the assassination of the police detective on the case, which may lea...

Born Too Soon
1993
as Latanya
American television film about the life of Emily Butterfield, a baby girl who was born prematurely and died 53 days after her birth.

The Ernest Green Story
1993
as Mrs. Green
Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.

Bebe's Kids
1992
as Additional Voices (voice)
When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's children, whom she is looking after, he knows he's in...

Grand Canyon
1991
as Deborah
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is t...

The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
as Rollins
A drama directed by Lou Antonio.

Wedlock
1991
as Policewoman
A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot, electronically attached to a female prisoner.

Paris Trout
1991
as Mary Sayers
Paris Trout is a vile Southern bigot. He owns a store and is a loanshark. He often sues people, and so his lawyer, Harry Seagraves, eventually meets P...

New Jack City
1991
as Recovering Addict
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infi...

Moe's World
1990
The spirit of a deceased 11-year-old boy acts as the guardian of his family and friends in the working-class neighborhood he left behind.

The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989
as Background Voice (voice)
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.

Colors
1988
as Mrs. Craig
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enfor...

Nuts
1987
as Lawyer #2
A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

The Ladies Club
1986
as Patty
A policewoman who was raped forms a vigilante group of various rape victims. They abduct and castrate men who have committed repeated violations of wo...